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Albino Deer

Posted by Maya Atchan,
North Country explorer from Beirut, Lebanon

March 29, 2014 —

As St. Lawrence County roadways were preparing for the wintery snowy storm predictions, roads were starting to get slick and covered with ice, I came across this albino deer as I was driving very slow back home from Canton to Potsdam. Unexpectedly, I saw this albino or white deer staring at me. Super fast, I grabbed my camera and snapped this picture.... After I shared this photo on North Country Now online, I received a private message to my Facebook inbox saying "...He has been around for 7 years and we love him dearly. Please don't tell just where you saw him. He is a treasure and you took a great picture of him. He must have just lost his antlers because I have a picture..."

Comments

Erika Barthelmess

Maya - what an amazing sighting! thanks for sharing it here!

Posted: 03/31/2014 - 12:30

Mackenzie Burns

That's a very interesting picture, I've never seen an albino deer before. I hope it is still alive and well!